DAILY MATCHUPS: Cole in control

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2013 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on BaseballHQ.com's Starting Pitcher Report (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Today's schedule overview:  Every team is playing today, and there's an extra game because of a doubleheader in New York between the Marlins and Mets.  The interleague matchup is SEA @ STL.

 

Best SP choices:

  • Cole Hamels (LHP, PHI) had a pretty decent first half, but he's been outstanding in the second half:  2.18 ERA, 7.0 Cmd, 133 BPV from July to date.  Hamels has a good matchup in Washington against the Nationals, a team he's dominated this...

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